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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

(including: Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man & Jersey)

Official name:United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Including: Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man & Jersey
WRLFMD code:UKG (formerly BFS - British Field Sample)
FMD first recorded:1839
FMD eradicated:1968
Subsequent outbreaks:August 1839: FMD first first appeared in Britain causing a serious epidemic.
1841: Severe epidemic of FMD.
1845: Severe epidemic of FMD in the autumn.
1852: Severe epidemic of FMD.
1869-70: Severe epidemic of FMD.
...
1924: FMDV type O isolated (O Vallee strain 1 or OV1)
...
1974: Jersey, Channel Islands; type C
1981: Jersey, IOW; type O
2001: severe epidemic; type O
2007: Surrey; type O
Serotypes (last rpt):O (2007), A (1966), C (1974)
WOAH official disease status:FMD-free where vaccination is not practised
According to Resolution #19 (93rd General Session, May 2026)
Useful websites: 
FMDV SerotypeYears (not comprehensive)
Untyped-
O1924, 1981, 2001, 2007
A1966
C1974
Asia 1-
SAT 1-
SAT 2-
SAT 3-
Notes-

WRLFMD batch no.Date ReceivedVirus samplesTypeTopotypeLineageSublineageWRLFMD Reports
WRLFMD/2006/0003026/10/2006UKG/1/2006NVD   Detection
UKG/2/2006NVD   
UKG/3/2006NVD   
UKG/4/2006NVD   
UKG/5/2006NVD   
UKG/6/2006NVD   
UKG/7/2006NVD   
UKG/8/2006NVD   
UKG/9/2006NVD   
WRLFMD/2007/0000108/01/2007UKG/1/2007NVD   Detection
UKG/2/2007NVD   
UKG/3/2007NVD   
UKG/4/2007NVD   
UKG/5/2007NVD   
UKG/6/2007NVD   
to be updated2007variousOEURO-SAO1- 
WRLFMD/2011/0003111/07/2011UKG/1/2011NVD    
UKG/2/2011NVD   
UKG/3/2011NVD   
UKG/4/2011NVD   
WRLFMD/2011/0004026/09/2011UKG/5/2011NVD   Detection

Notes

nd, Not done.
NT, Not tested.
*, Not a WRLFMD reference number (only VP1 sequence received).
†, No virus isolated in cell cultures.